James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Search-Night;- or - State-Watchmen, Mistaking Honest-Men for Conspirators - Vide, State Arrests, 1798
- Title:
- Search-Night;- or - State-Watchmen, Mistaking Honest-Men for Conspirators - Vide, State Arrests
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8in. (24.4 x 35.2cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Buonapark | Robertspier | Vive l'egalite"; center: "Bedford Dog kennel | Proceedings of the London Corresponding Society | Plan of Invasion | O'Conner"; center right: "Vive la Guillotine"; lower left: "The Press Bloody News from Irelend Bloody News..."; lower right: "Pub'd March 20th 1978 by H. Humphrey No.27 St. James Street"; lettered below image: "SEARCH-NIGHT; or State-Watchmen, mistaking Honest Men for Conspirators. Vide, State Arrests"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.882
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrested | caricature | caricatures | satire
- Associated People:
- Tierney, George (1761–1830), British politician
Hastings, Francis Rawdon, first marquess of Hastings and second earl of Moira (1754–1826), army officer and politician
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Howard, Charles (1746–1815), eleventh Duke of Norfolk, politician
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister
Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811), British politician and lawyer
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Tooke, John Horne [formerly John Horne] (1736–1812), radical and philologist - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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